What is now Livingston County started out as a portion of Wayne
County when the Territory of Michigan was formed in 1815. Over time the area
was included in the different counties as they were separated from the
original.

1818 saw the establishment of Macomb County.

1820 saw the creation of Oakland County.

1822 saw the creation of Washtenaw
and Shiawassee Counties. What is
now Livingston County was divided between these two counties: Green
Oak, Hamburg, Putman, Unadilla, Iosco, Marion Geona and Brighton in
Washtenaw and Hartland, Ocola, Howell, Handy, Conway, Cohoctah, Deerfield
and Tyrone to Shiawassee County.

21 Mar 1833, Gov. George Porter approved the creation of
Livingston County, to include the Shiawassee and Washtenaw townships listed
above. Many of the counties that were formed during this timeframe, were
named for members of President Andrew Jackson's cabinet. Livingston
County was named for
Edward Livingston, who was President Jackson's Secretary of State.

The county seat is Howell, which is also
the largest city, as of the 2010 Census. Brighton is the only other city in
Livingston county. The rest of the population areas are towns,
villages and townships. Most of Livingston County is rural farmland.

If you are interested in reading more about the
History of Livingston County, CLICK HERE.

I'm your host,
Nancy Bliven. My paternal grandfather (Martin Henry Bliven) and
both of his parents (Fred Franklin & Maude (Houghtaling) Bliven) were born
and raised in Livingston County. I have a lot of family information
that I will be adding to the site as I get it transcribed.

You can help me and other researchers in Livingston county by sending us any
information that you'd might have on the History of the townships, towns and
cities in this County.
Email me with your submissions and I will add it.

IT IS THE GOAL OF THIS WEBSITE TO
CONTINUALLY ADD NEW DATA AND I WILL BE ADDING WHAT I CAN, BUT THE GROUP IS
UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH.

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Handy Township

Howell Township

Oceola

Township

Hartland Township

Iosco

Township

Marion Township

Brighton

Township

Undilla Township

Putnam Township

Hamburg Township

Dust off your family scrapbooks! Sort
through your family photos! We're always looking for DATA for this site!!!

If you think you'd be interested in hosting any other
Michigan county -- please visit our
Volunteer
Information Page for the details. If you don't care to be a host you can
still be big help to our researchers. You are always welcome to contribute
information that you can find at your local library, transcribe it, and email
it me. As new data and information comes in, I'll post it.